B Tech Aeronautical Engineering

Aeronautical engineering is a field of Aerospace Engineering. Some of the institutes also offer this course as a specialisation of aerospace engineering at postgraduate level. This field of engineering comprises the study of designing and building aircraft such as airplanes and helicopters.

The curriculum of B.Tech in Aeronautical Engineering covers various fields such as planning, designing, structures, aerodynamics, impetus, streamlined features and frameworks of aircrafts. The four-year programme is a combination of applied physics and engineering.

The eligibility criteria for B.Tech Aeronautical Engineering are as follows - 

• Applicants should be at least 10+2 qualified from a recognised Board

• Applicants should at least have secured more than or equivalent to 60% aggregate in their qualifying examination in science stream

• It is compulsory for the applicants to have studied Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics at the 10+2 level

• Students with an equivalent qualification can also apply

There are two ways through which admission into the B.Tech in Aeronautical engineering programme is given. One through engineering entrance exams and the other through management quota seats. In the entrance exam process, the candidates have to produce their valid entrance exam score card, i.e either a national-level entrance examination scorecard or state-level entrance test scorecard. Candidates can also apply for admission in select institutions which conducts its own entrance test. On the basis of the candidates’ performance in their respective qualifying exam and entrance exam, a merit list is prepared by the institutions followed by the conduct of counselling rounds. Final seat allotment is done after the counselling rounds conclude. 

Some institutions reserve a certain number of seats as management quota seats and candidates willing to apply for admission in these management quota seats have to just fulfil the minimum eligibility criteria. No entrance exam scorecard is required in this scenario. 

B.Tech Aeronautical Engineering Cutoff

The admission to B.tech Aeronautical Engineering is done on the basis of cutoff as released by the different states/counseling authorities. The cutoff consists of the opening & closing ranks for admission. The closing rank is decided on the basis of rank obtained by the last candidate that has been admitted through the last counseling round. That means the rank of the last admitted student will be the closing rank for the next counselling. The candidate must acquire a rank up to the closing rank to get admission.

B.Tech Admission Process Across the States

B.Tech Centralised Admission Process

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Although there are a lot of career opportunities for Aeronautical engineering graduates, the opportunities in the core profile are better outside India. However, there are a few government organisations that offer high paying jobs in this field. Following are some of the organisations that offer jobs in this field:

• Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA)
• National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL)
• Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE)
• India Space Research Organization (ISRO)
• Civil Aviation Department
• India Space Research
• Samtel Avionics

Since there are better space centres outside India, the scope of this field is much better once you have pursued Masters from universities abroad. An aeronautical engineer can expect a salary between Rs. 6 to 11 lakh, depending on the college of graduation. An aeronautical earns up to $ 107,700 per year in US.